NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George participate in financial innovation, the economy, regulation and the future of payments panel before the Clearing House 2018 Annual Conference - 1930 GMT.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Opening remarks by ECB board member Benoit Coeure at the Foreign Exchange Contact Group meeting in Frankfurt, Germany – 1205 GMT. LUXEMBOURG CITY - ECB board member Peter Praet chairing panel session II on “Investment finance in Europe – a system fit for growth?” at a conference on investment, technological transformation and skills, jointly organised by the EIB and the ECB in Luxembourg - 1520 GMT. LUXEMBOURG CITY - ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos gives Opening remarks at conference on Investment, Technological Transformation and Skills jointly organised by the EIB and the ECB in Luxembourg - 1300 GMT. LONDON - Bank of England publishes Financial Stability report - 0700 GMT.

NEW YORK CITY - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks on “The Federal Reserve’s Framework for Monitoring Financial Stability” before the Economic Club of New York Signature Luncheon - 1700 GMT.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

** STOCKHOLM - Swedish central bank Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at an information meeting held by the Association of Swedish Finance Houses - 0845 GMT. ROME - Speech by ECB board member Yves Mersch at TIPS launch event, jointly organised by the Banca d’Italia and the ECB in Frascati (Rome), Italy – 1000 GMT. FRANKFURT, Germany - ECB board member Benoit Coeure moderating panel at Global Research Forum: International macroeconomics and finance, jointly organised by the ECB, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in Frankfurt, Germany – 1245 GMT. TOKYO - Remarks by Bank of Japan Executive Director Yuichi Ikeda at the 7th FinTech Forum in Tokyo – 0500 GMT. NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York releases text of President John Williams’s prepared remarks before panel, “The Global Economy: Addressing a Future Downturn” at a closed-door meeting of the Group of Thirty in New York - 1400 GMT. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 BERN - Speech by Thomas Jordan, chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, on “The Importance of Academic Research and Teaching for Switzerland’s Success Model” at Dies Academicus of the University of Bern - 0900 GMT. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 ** LAREDO, Texas - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan participates in moderated question-and-answer session before a community forum hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - 1800 GMT.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams participates in moderated discussion organized by the London School of Economics and Political Science – 2330 GMT. TORONTO, Canada - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz will deliver a speech about the central bank’s interest rate decision on Dec. 5. - 1335 GMT. ATLANTA, Ga. - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic speaks on the national outlook before a Georgia Economic Outlook event - 1715 GMT.

FRANKFURT - General Council meeting of the ECB. TORONTO - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz gives last speech of the year at Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre - 1300 GMT. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 LONDON - Bank of England publishes Record of the Financial Policy Committee meeting held on November 28, 2018 - 0930 GMT.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia issues ‘Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey for December’ - 1330 GMT. OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada to release its business outlook report, which is based on a survey of about 100 companies - 1500 GMT.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27

TOKYO - Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from board members at its Dec. 19-20 policy meeting – 2350 GMT. ————————————————————————————————————————

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